You are here : health.am > Pregnancy Health Center > Pregnancy news Pregnancy news Bed rest during pregnancy for preventing miscarriage • Pregnancy news • Sep 17 07 Miscarriage is pregnancy loss before 23 weeks of gestational age and it happens in 10% to 15% of pregnancies depending on maternal age and parity. It is associated with chromosomal… Researchers test old drug with new hopes for pre-eclampsia cure • Pregnancy news • Sep 15 07 Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to determine whether a drug already available to heart patients can also be used to… Pregnancy May Help Cut Risks for HIV-infected Women • Pregnancy news • Sep 13 07 Women with HIV infection who become pregnant have a lower risk of progression to AIDS and death, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report. Their findings, posted last week… Low vitamin D during pregnancy linked to pre-eclampsia • Pregnancy news • Sep 10 07 Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences… Drug May Help Pregnant Women with Insulin Resistance • Pregnancy news • Sep 06 07 Women who are obese, have type 2 diabetes or a family history of type 2 diabetes could one day have more successful pregnancies because of a study at Washington… Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Developing Binge Eating Disorder • Pregnancy news • Sep 06 07 Pregnancy may open a window of vulnerability for developing binge eating disorder, especially for women from lower socio-economic situations, according to a study from the University of… Study identifies warning signs of pregnancy danger • Pregnancy news • Sep 03 07 Warnings signs such as increased stress could indicate that pregnancy-induced hypertension is reaching life-threatening levels, found Temple University researcher Kathleen Black, DNSc, RNC, the author of a study in the… Passive smoking increases sleep disturbance among pregnant women • Pregnancy news • Sep 03 07 Pregnant women exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have sleep disturbances such as subjective insufficient sleep, difficulty in initiating sleep, short sleep duration, and snoring loudly or… Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break link to childhood obesity • Pregnancy news • Aug 28 07 Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes… Junk food in pregnancy may spur overeating in kids • Pregnancy news • Aug 23 07 Overindulging in high-calorie, sugary, fatty and salty treats during pregnancy and lactation might produce a child with a fondness for junk food, the results of an animal study… Prenatal antidepressants linked to preterm births • Pregnancy news • Aug 16 07 Antidepressant drug use during pregnancy, but not depression itself, is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and lower fetal age at delivery, according to results of a study published… Mother’s diet affects cleft-palate risk in baby • Pregnancy news • Aug 10 07 Pregnant women who eat a meat-rich, fruit-poor diet may be doubling their baby’s likelihood of being born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, Dutch researchers report. Women with this… Pregnancy: Things to Think About Before You’re Pregnant • Pregnancy news • Aug 07 07 Why is being ready for pregnancy so important? Conception occurs about 2 weeks before your period is due. That means you may not even know you’re pregnant until… STIs in Pregnancy: Protecting Yourself and Your Baby • Pregnancy news • Aug 07 07 At the beginning of pregnancy, your doctor will test you for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that could hurt you or your baby. These tests are very important. What tests… Treatment for Syphilis in Pregnancy • Pregnancy news • Aug 07 07 Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is highly transmissible, even in the absence of any specific symptoms or clinical findings. Maternal syphilis has been associated with complications such as hydramnios, spontaneous abortion,… Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects • Pregnancy news • Aug 06 07 Mothers of babies born with some structural birth defects—including missing limbs, malformed hearts and underdeveloped spinal cords—appear more likely to be obese prior to becoming pregnant than mothers… Smoking tied to serious pregnancy condition • Pregnancy news • Aug 06 07 Smoking during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of placental abruption, a potentially life-threatening condition for both the mother and fetus, according to a report in the American Journal of… Progesterone Injections Do Not Prevent Preterm Birth in Twin Pregnancies • Pregnancy news • Aug 02 07 Weekly progesterone injections do not prevent premature births in women pregnant with twins, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study has found. The result came… Lower Cesarean Rates Associated With Preventive Labor Induction • Pregnancy news • Jul 30 07 At a time when national rates of cesarean delivery have climbed above 30%, a four-year study of patients receiving an alternative method of obstetric care experienced a significantly lower… High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy • Pregnancy news • Jul 25 07 What is blood pressure, and how is it measured? Blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries in your body. We measure blood pressure by putting a cuff around your upper… Unintended Pregnancy Predicts Feelings that Parenting is a Burden, MU Study Finds • Pregnancy news • Jul 23 07 The relationship between a mother and her infant is believed by many to be the foundation of healthy childhood development, but researchers at the University… Glucosamine doesn’t seem to pose risks during pregnancy • Pregnancy news • Jul 22 07 Findings from a small study conducted in Canada suggest that the endogenous aminomonosaccharide glucosamine taken during pregnancy causes no increased risk for major malformations or other adverse fetal effects.… Aspirin reduces risk of preeclampsia, premature delivery, and adverse pregnancy outcomes • Pregnancy news • Jul 22 07 Aspirin modestly reduces the risk of preeclampsia, premature delivery, and serious adverse pregnancy outcomes in at-risk women, according to a meta-analysis published online May 17 in… Pregnancy-related hip diseases: Incidence and diagnoses • Pregnancy news • Jul 22 07 Pregnancy-related hip diseases epidemiology has been poorly evaluated. We report our experience of gestational and postpartum hip diseases and evaluate their incidence. Methods (1) Prospective survey: all pregnant or early… Safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy • Pregnancy news • Jul 18 07 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence as first-line drugs for the treatment of depression, but there is emerging evidence that they… Page 20 of 31 pages « First < 18 19 20 21 22 > Last » << Back to main
